Jaguar Highlights: Expected to start at wideout for the second year in a row ... Had four catches for 83 yards, both figures that led the team, to help the White squad to a 10-7 victory in the annual spring game.
As A Junior (2009): Started all seven contests, leading the team in receptions (20), receiving yards (473) and touchdown catches (five) ... Was second on the team with 494 all-purpose yards after adding a 21-yard carry, tied for second with five touchdowns and tied for third with 30 points ... Recorded eight gains of 20 or more yards, including five scoring plays of 60-plus yards ... Led USA in receiving yards in six of seven outings, and in catches every game ... Caught a season-high five balls for 104 yards in Jaguar debut against Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy, including scoring the first points in school history on a 60-yard scoring pass with nine seconds remaining in the first quarter ... Posted three receptions for a season-best 131 yards in win over Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy, catching touchdown passes of 64 and 60 yards on the Jags’ first two plays from scrimmage ... Finished with 94 all-purpose yards in finale against Huntingdon (Ala.) College with four catches for 73 yards and a 21-yard rush ... Collected two receptions for 76 yards in Milford (N.Y.) Academy win, with 73-yard scoring pass midway through the opening quarter USA’s longest offensive play of the year ... Had 63-yard touchdown catch just over a minute into eventual 56-point victory over Army Prep ... Finished with two receptions in that game, as well as in matchups with Georgia Military J.C. and Louisburg (N.C.) J.C. as well.
College Highlights (2006-07): Started his collegiate career at UAB, where he played in 11 of 12 contests while earning a start in the final game of the year ... Posted six catches for 33 yards ... Had two receptions for 14 yards — both season-high totals — at ninth-ranked Georgia in the third game of the year ... Transferred to Southeastern Louisiana and played in the Lions’ 2007 season opener, catching one pass for eight yards at New Mexico State.
High School Highlights: Completed his prep career at Prattville High in Alabama after transferring due to Hurricane Katrina ... In his only season at the school, helped lead the Lions to a 13-1 mark and a berth in the quarterfinals of the state 6A playoffs ... Prior to that, was an all-region, all-district and all-metro selection at John F. Kennedy HS in New Orleans ... Helped the Cougars win a pair of district titles and reach the state playoffs on two occasions ... That included guiding the school to a 9-3 finish his junior season ... Also earned letters in basketball and track ... Part of a team that won the AAU national flag football championship.
Personal: Full name is Courtney A. Smith ... Born March 6, 1987, in New Orleans, La. ... Son of Gregory Montgomery and Vendetta Smith ... Uncle, Wayne Smith, lettered three years in football at Tulane from 1961-63 ... Favorite team is the New Orleans Saints ... Favorite athletes are Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Braylon Edwards and Floyd Mayweather ... Also recruited by Alabama, LSU, Florida State, Memphis, Troy, Tulane and Southern Methodist ... An interdisciplinary studies major.
